EXCLUSIVE: Metropol sets up a new debt division

By Andrei Skvarsky

Russia's Metropol has set up a debt unit and  has hired Semen Odintsov, who previously worked at the debt syndicates of TransCreditBank and Troika Dialog.

The unit's immediate task is to develop an analytical product line for primary and secondary bond markets and devise new book building methods, Metropol told EmergingMarkets.me. Its activities will include all primary market operations, including pricing and underwriting.

Odintsov, a 24-year-old qualified mathematician, left TransCreditBank about three weeks ago and quit Troika in 2008.

By Andrei Skvarsky Russia's Metropol has set up a debt unit and  has hired Semen Odintsov, who previously worked at the debt syndicates of TransCreditBank and Troika Dialog. The unit's immediate task is to develop an analytical product line for primary and secondary bond markets and devise new book building methods, ...